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uncle_bob
Before everybody goes crazy for this - consider the accuracy. A normal microswitch has an snap action for a reason. A simple contact does not have that. You need very good contact repeatability to make the bed leveling work.
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Re: Auto touch Z end-stop February 27, 2014 01:49AM |
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Normally there's a nut on the threaded rod inside the X axis motor mount and idler. What this object does is relocate that nut to the yellow piece. Yes, the yellow piece moves up and down the threaded and smooth rods. The X axis motor mount and idler ride on top of the yellow piece. When Z axis is moved down to zero, the extruder hotend will touch the build plate and stop, but the yellow pieces will continue to move down, opening an electric contact which tells the Z motors to stop. All you have to do is tell the printer to then move up some fraction of a millimeter to get to a good starting Z point.